The opening track is an absolute gem - very much in the style of Beth's previous work. The sounds on this track evoke the feeling of a peaceful train ride, with a loop of railroad noises paired with the swoosh of the outside wind. The song was inspired by a friend of Beth's who loves trains and was travelling from Norway to London and going through Paris. The song began life as an aggressive attack on the way this friend was pissing Beth off, but the album version is much more floaty and upbeat than that.

2. Concrete Sky(Orton/Marr) (4:34)"I've seen your good side but I still don't know just what it is that you might want"

Co-written by Johnny Marr of The Smiths and performed with Ryan Adams, Daybreaker's second track, Concrete Sky, is completely sublime. Superficially about the childhood fear of the sky falling down on you, Beth herself has stated - 'when I wrote it, it wasn't literal. And I think it's only this sort of year that I've realized what it was about.'

3. Mount Washington(Orton) (6:27)"And nobody can keep you from the one you know you are"

Another very nice song, Mount Washington is dreamy and evocative in the way so many artists wish they could be and Beth manages so effortlessly. Quickly switching between different styles and washing over you before you realise it, Mount Washington doesn't feel like six and a half minutes.

4. Anywhere(Orton) (4:35)"If I pull one brick from an endless wall, would it drown us all?"

Anywhere is a bit of an oddity. It sounds unlike anything Beth's done before but at the same time fits perfectly with everything she's done before. The second single release off the album, it's not one of my favourites, but I'm really not sure why as it seems to be a combination of everything great about Beth. Like I said, an oddity, at least for me.

5. Daybreaker(Orton) (3:55)"Silently watching the flames and the old life disappear"

Beth had appeared on three of The Chemical Brothers albums and this was the track on which they repaid their owed favour. They do all the mixing and production work on this track and you can really hear it - It sounds very unlike a standard Beth song, much more dancefloor orientated, much stronger bass and much less in the way of guitars, violins etc. The first track I heard from the album (it was included on an NME cover CD before the release of the album), it really got me excited and remains a favourite.

Carmella is another strange one - I think I really don't like it at all but find myself happily singing along as the CD player spins on. There seems to be no real substance to the track at all - before you know it's started it's all over (it is the shortest track on the album, but it's not that short). Relying heavily on the quoted line's great sound, there really doesn't seem to be much else to it.

A big departure for Beth. This song has a very strong country feel, mostly due to Emmylou Harris's influence, I'm sure; she and Ryan Adams both supply backing vocals. Beth has said in interview that this track is simply a discussion on right and wrong, but seems uncertain about whether any of it is actually a reference to God.

This song is named after Ted Barnes, Beth's long-term guitarist - Beth went over to his house one evening and he told her about a girl he had met and how he was wondering if he'd ever meet her again and they started playing and the melody and lyrics came straight out and this is exactly how it appears on the album. A very slow song, Ted's Waltz leads very nicely into Thinking About Tomorrow and the end of the album.

This track ends the album absolutely perfectly. It winds the whole thing down and leaves you wanting more. Produced and mixed by long-term friend / collaboratorWilliam Orbit, Beth describes Thinking About Tomorrow as similar to building a house - it is a mixture of lots of different things, a riff her and Ted were playing around with, a chorus from another song and bits added by the other band members all combined to produce a fitting end to a great album.

We lay on our backs in the grass
Silently watching the rain clouds move by far too fast
You said it was a night where anything could happen
But nothing was gonna last
And we're doing fine now yeah we do
We don't feel sad or bad or blue and you know
We ain't never defeated
Not broken inside all that is fine
Yeah all that is fine

We, we burn our boats each new year
Silently watching the flames and the old life disappear
We're burning new sunrise into yesterday's skies
An ashen fingerprint melts into the sea
And we're doing fine now yeah we do
We don't feel sad or bad or blue and you know
We ain't never defeated
Not broken inside all that is fine
Yeah all that is fine

And we're doing fine now yeah we do
We don't feel sad or bad or blue and you know
We ain't never defeated
Not broken inside all that is fine
Yeah all that is fine